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Simon Mathew KatichBorn: 21 August 1975, Middle Swan, Western AustraliaMajor Teams: Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, Durham, Yorkshire. Known As: Simon Katich Batting Style: Left Hand Bat Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Chinaman Test Debut: Australia v England at Leeds, 4th Test, 2001 ODI Debut: Australia v Zimbabwe at Melbourne, Carlton Series, 2000/01 First-class Debut: Western Australia v Queensland at Brisbane, 1996/97 Western Australia 1995/96 to 2001/02 Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy 1996 Durham 2000 New South Wales 2002/03 to present Career Statistics:TESTS (including 16/08/2001) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 1 2 1 15 15 15.00 31.25 0 0 1 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling - - - - - - - - - - ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS (including 21/01/2001) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling - - - - - - - - - - FIRST-CLASS (1996/97 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 76 133 21 5453 228* 48.68 16 24 80 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 304.3 34 1110 20 55.50 3-21 0 0 91.3 3.64 LIST A LIMITED OVERS (1995/96 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 83 81 11 2577 118 36.81 2 20 38 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 50 1 277 10 27.70 3-21 0 0 30.0 5.54 - Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS. StatsGuru Filters for Simon KatichStatistics involving Simon KatichArticles about Simon Katich
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Profile:Aside from the onset of a debilitating mystery illness, there has thus far been very little to disturb the career of Simon Katich. Ever since he was first included in his state squad in 1994-95 (on the back of a brilliant innings of 73 in Perth's first grade final the previous season), he has in fact always looked destined for bigger things. Although he did not make an immediate impression at state level in terms of heavy scoring, a reputation as one of Australia's most exciting young batsmen soon began to precede him across most parts of the country. The perception was well founded; Katich is a left hander blessed with a very good eye and the rich sense of timing that distinguishes the sport's more gifted batsmen. His ability to work the ball into gaps and to discipline himself to play long innings is also supreme. His talents were especially well underscored when he took the Australian domestic scene by storm during the 1998-99 season, amassing 1039 first-class runs for the summer (115 of them coming in the Sheffield Shield Final); assuming a central role in Western Australia's Shield title success; and earning a berth in the Australian party which subsequently toured Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Katich was considered by many to be on the brink of a call-up to his nation's Test eleven but he contracted chickenpox in the middle of that tour and he was instead condemned to endure the misery of being quarantined from the rest of the party. For a long period thereafter, he was unable to free himself of a virus that overcame him in the wake of that illness, and was forced to sit out much of the 1999-2000 domestic summer at home. Sadly, he only really began to start scoring productively again at the very end of the season. But a tremendous opening season in county cricket (with Durham) in 2000 soon had his career ascending on an upward curve again. He followed it with another stellar summer in Australia in 2000-01, amassing a century against each of the other five states on the way to a total of 1282 first-class runs. He was rewarded with a berth in the national squad which embarked on the 2001 Ashes tour, and appeared in a Test for the first time when chosen to replace an injured Steve Waugh for the fourth match of the series. (John Polack, August 2001)© 2001 CricInfo Ltd |
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